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William Harry Crowe

1879-1935

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37593

About

Born in Isle of Man

21 September 1879
Parents

Mother

Elizabeth Crowe

Father

John Joseph Crowe

Settled in New Zealand

1905
Work

Occupation

Tunneller

Employer

Dillon Contractor, Wellington
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 56

18 November 1935

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 1/0030510, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “William Harry Crowe (1879-1935)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/177

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